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Protesters tear down Francis Scott Key statue in San Fransisco
New York Post - 21 Jun 2020 05:22
San Francisco demonstrators have torn down a statue of Francis Scott Key — the writer of the “Star-Spangled Banner” and a slave-owner. A group of Juneteenth protesters pulled down the monument Friday night in Golde...
LA Sheriff's Department examines cameras in shooting probe
ABC News - 21 Jun 2020 06:23
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it is examining footage from security cameras that might have recorded the fatal shooting of a young man after deputies spotted him with a gun and he ran
Trump's Speech: 0 Mentions of George Floyd. 5 Minutes on Nearly Falling Down a Ramp.
Mother Jones - 21 Jun 2020 04:30
At his first public rally in 110 days in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a day after Juneteenth, President Trump did not mention George Floyd. He did not mention Breonna Taylor. He did not mention Ahmaud Arbery. He did not mention Rays...
Attorney General says Trump fired U.S. attorney who refused to resign
CBSNews - 21 Jun 2020 02:46
Attorney General William Barr said Saturday that President Trump had fired Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Berman oversaw many high profile cases, including investigations of the...
1 Dead and 1 Injured After Gunfire in Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone'
The New York Times - 21 Jun 2020 04:07
Medics in the protester-run zone treated the victims before they were transported to a hospital. Some protesters objected to the arrival of officers in riot gear.
Florida breaks single-day record for new coronavirus cases -- again
New York Post - 21 Jun 2020 03:56
Florida broke its single-day record for new coronavirus cases Friday — again. Health officials announced Saturday that 4,049 people tested positive for the virus the day before, marking the fourth time the state has hi...
Rapper Hurricane Chris charged with second-degree murder in Louisiana
CNN - 21 Jun 2020 04:33
Rapper Hurricane Chris, who rose to fame in 2007, is facing a murder charge after a man was fatally shot Friday in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to police.
Florida Reports Another Record High of Daily Covid-19 Cases
Wall Street Journal - 21 Jun 2020 02:43
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that confirmed positive cases were increasingly concentrated among younger people, and India reported more than 13,000 new coronavirus cases.
Minority corrections officers say they were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin
New York Post - 21 Jun 2020 14:52
Eight minority corrections officers in Minnesota have filed discrimination charges with the state's Department of Human Rights after they were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis cop charged in Geo...
Owner of Eskimo Pie to change its 'derogatory' name
ABC News - 21 Jun 2020 04:34
"We're committed to being part of the solution on racial equality," company says
Hong Kong unions, students fail to get support for strikes
Al Jazeera English - 21 Jun 2020 04:28
Planned strike against Beijing-backed national security law fell significantly short of 60,000 vote threshold.
Documents: Cellphone pings helped find children's bodies
ABC News - 21 Jun 2020 04:19
Authorities used cellphone information from the now-deceased uncle of the two.
Trump's Tulsa Rally Is Boring and Poorly Attended
Mother Jones - 21 Jun 2020 04:15
Wow. It looks like the big Trump rally in Tulsa is a big bust. First of all, hardly anyone showed up: Birdseye view of the more than half-empty Trump rally… -- Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) June 20, 2020 The outside overfl...
Woman brings newborn to Trump's Tulsa rally
New York Post - 21 Jun 2020 03:49
The parents, neither of whom were wearing masks, were snapped outside the BOK Center in Tulsa by another rally attendee.
11 people shot, 1 person dead in overnight shooting spree
ABC News - 21 Jun 2020 11:53
Eleven people have been shot and one person has been killed in an overnight shooting in Minneapolis.
Indonesia's Mount Merapi spews ash in new eruption
Al Jazeera English - 21 Jun 2020 08:22
Alert status has already been raised since Indonesia's 2,968-metre mountain last erupted in August 2019.
Queen Letizia looks stunning with King Felipe during 'Spain For Sure' campaign launch
IBTimes - 21 Jun 2020 06:48
The Spain For Sure campaign wants to send out a message that the country is now a safe travel destination, after the coronavirus outbreak.
Why this Japan-China island dispute could be Asia's next military flashpoint
CNN - 21 Jun 2020 03:40
While China is engaged in a tense border standoff with India high in the Himalayas, a small group of islands thousands of miles away could be another military tinderbox waiting to explode.
Trump blasts Joe Biden, praises Tulsa 'warriors' for braving coronavirus fears at rally
New York Post - 21 Jun 2020 03:37
President Trump returned triumphant — and angry — to the rally stage on Saturday night, telling a smaller-than-expected audience in in Tulsa, Okla., that they’re putting a basement-cowering, anarchist-coddling Joe ...
Stabbing at U.K. Park Leaves 3 Dead
The New York Times - 21 Jun 2020 02:59
The attack was in a park in southern England where a Black Lives Matter protest had been held earlier in the day. The police arrested a man on suspicion of murder and said it was not being investigated as an act of terro...
Trump campaign blames protests, media for modest rally crowd in Tulsa
New York Post - 21 Jun 2020 02:36
President Trump’s return to the campaign trail Saturday is finding a smaller-than-advertised crowd in Tulsa, Okla. — and his aides are pointing fingers. "Sadly, protesters interfered with supporters, even blocking ac...
Americans divided on wearing masks as it becomes political
CBSNews - 21 Jun 2020 02:35
Despite scientific evidence on the power of masks in combating the coronavirus, wearing masks have mutated into a political argument fueled by political tribalism. Lee Cowan reports.